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Trump’s Putin Gambit Failed—but Maybe It Was Still Worth Trying
Successful diplomacy of any kind requires some kind of high-stakes compromise.
‘There’s No Deal Until There’s a Deal’
Read Trump and Putin’s remarks after their pivotal meeting in Alaska.
How Europe’s Future Hinges on Defense
Jared Cohen: “Without economic growth, you start to evaporate geopolitically.”
India Won’t Abandon Russia
Despite the high cost of Trump’s secondary tariffs, New Delhi has compelling reasons to keep Moscow close.
Asia & the Pacific
Is This Modi’s Moment of Reckoning?
China
Trump’s Trade Tactics Come for Chip Controls 
Middle East & Africa
Netanyahu Is Getting What He Wants
Europe
Not Unprecedented but Unprincipled
Americas
Russia’s Lavrov Wears USSR Sweatshirt to Trump-Putin Summit
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waits to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Amur oblast, Russia
When Will World War II End in Japan?
Silence on the official history of 1939 to 1945 has led to a flowering of creative interpretations.
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Archives
Why Compare the Present to the Past?
Thinking via historical analogy has become the preferred way to confront our anxieties.
An American Caesar
Comparing two leaders, two millennia apart.
Updates: Trump’s Foreign-Policy Shifts
Reports and analysis from staff and contributors.
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U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a dinner in the White House in Washington, DC on July 7. -
Putin and Trump stand in front of a plane behind a sign that appears to say Alaska 2025
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The Next Israel-Iran War Is Coming
Both countries’ strategic calculus suggests it will be even more violent.
Why Everyone in Washington Is a ‘Realist’ Now
What’s emerging is not yet a new consensus. But neither is it as incoherent as current rhetoric would have you believe.
Meet the New Middle East, Same as the Old Middle East
Everything has changed in the region, and nothing is different.
The Mother of All Currency Crises Is on the Horizon
Think the 1990s Asian economic crisis—just on a far larger scale.
The Most Successful CIA Operation You’ve Never Heard of
How the agency’s program to circulate banned books helped take down the Iron Curtain.
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In Case You Missed It
A selection of paywall-free articles
Four Explanatory Models for Trump’s Chaos
It’s clear that the second Trump administration is aiming for change—not inertia—in U.S. foreign policy.
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An illustration shows a golden Cybertruck blasting through a U.S. seal of an eagle holding arrows and laurel.
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Visual Stories
Life Returns to Palmyra
After more than a decade of exile, locals are finally coming home.
The Trump Trade Tracker
The latest global picture on Trump’s tariff regime—including who has managed to cut a deal.
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